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Ardee, 166 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne

Burchett, Winston H, 1911-198301/10/1979
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Title:
Ardee, 166 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne
Date of work:
01/10/1979
Reference number:
CON-EAST 109663
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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General notes:
Construction Date: 1881Architect: Crouch & WilsonHistoric Summary: Allotment sold at Crown Land Sales 17.6.1866 to W. Smith. The first occupant of this large mansion was Gustave Beck, Belgian Consul-General for Australia. He was followed in 1889 by Dr James Agnew, Physician, but by the turn of the century it had become a boarding house, and is now a Sisters' Home for the Eye and Ear Hospital.Walls: Rendered and face brickRoof: Slates, ironOwners: 1881-1889 Lawrence Benjamin; 1889-1900 James Agnew; 1900 H.A. Eberhardt?; 1979 Eye & Ear HospitalOccupiers: 1882-1889 Gustave Beck; 1889-1892 Dr James Agnew; 1896-1904 Mrs M.J. Bayley; 1918-1933 Catholic Women's Club HostelPages 202-204
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1182742
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